What is a favicon?

Started by rajaram, July 27, 2018, 07:30:22 AM


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Favicons are small square images usually 16×16 pixels which are used by web browsers to show a graphical representation of the site being visited at the left side of the browser's address bar. You have probably seen many favicons before, even if you don't know what they are. If there's any doubt, the image below will help.
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sinelogixtech

A favicon is a small, iconic image that represents your website. Favicons are most often found in the address bar of your web browser, but they can also be used in lists of bookmarks in web browsers and feed aggregators.


Netparticle

 It is a small icon that appears next to the URL in the web browser. Favicons are important for site identification and branding. As more browsers utilize tab-based structure, a Favicon ensures that each tab with your site is easily identified.

toursinfijiseo

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Favicon Stands for "favorite icon", It's mainly used for branding purpose only. If you are searching for some brands like amazon, Flipkart, and any other brands or website. You can view in Browser Tab, before Website title we can see one logo called favicon.

rogerdavid710

Favicon is the small icon presented on the top next to the page's name in the tab opened it is generally 16x16 in size.
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vinukum

Favicon is an icon displayed on the top of the webpage name.

webbraininfotech

Favicon Stands for "favorite icon", It's mainly used for branding purpose only. If you are searching for some brands like amazon, Flipkart, and any other brands or website. You can view in Browser Tab, before Website title we can see one logo called favicon.
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RH-Calvin

A favorite icon (favicon) is a shortcut icon that represents an associated Web page or website. It is usually displayed on a compliant browser's address bar before the URL and bookmarks folder. It may also be displayed on the desktop as the bookmarked website. A favicon is used to differentiate or identify a website and helps it stand out in the cluttered list of bookmarks and favorites.
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Sharmilarock

Favicon is a combination of two words i.e., favorite and icon. It is a small 16*16 pixel icon which displays on the top of your web browser. It is used to improve your company or a trademark.

satheesh

A favicon, also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, tab icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is a file containing one or more small icons, associated with a particular website or web page.

sophiawils59

ENough answers are given @op should close the thread.

priyankaroy125

Thanks for sharing the information.

saisaanvi

Favicon represents the image or logo of your website in a small size. You can observe it when you open your website in browser

becketharper585

A favicon is a tab icon that indicates a particular website on a tab. It is a logo that helps users to recognize a website among the many open Tabs. Through these icons, we can understand which website to open. These are also known as URL icons, Website icons, Shortcut icons, or Bookmark icons. Favicons are visible on the left side of a tab.

prachiprate81

A favicon, also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, tab icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is a file containing one or more small icons, associated with a particular website or web page.

sarassalil

A favicon is a small 16x16 pixel icon used on web browsers to represent a website or web page. Short for "favorite icon," favicons usually appear as tabs at the top of web browsers, but they can also be found in your browser's bookmarks bar, history, and search results, and next to page URLs.

grihshobha

A favicon is a graphic image (icon) associated with a particular web page and/or website. Many recent user agents, such as graphical browsers and newsreaders, display them as visual reminders of the site's identity in the address bar or in a tab.

saritamagazine

A favicon is a browser icon that represents a brand or website. Most commonly seen as a favicon next to the title of a web page in a browser tab, but can also be found in the address bar, bookmarks list, search engine results pages (SERPs), toolbars, browser history, and elsewhere on the web.

yaminihastak

A favicon is a browser icon that represents a brand or website. Most often seen next to a web page's title in browser tabs, favicons can also be found in address bars, bookmark lists, search engine results pages (SERPs), toolbars, browser history, and other places across the web.

divyapath

A favicon, also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, tab icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is a file containing one or more small icons associated with a particular website or web page.

sakshilade01

A favicon is a small 16×16 pixel icon that serves as branding for your website. Its main purpose is to help visitors locate your page easier when they have multiple tabs open. Due to their tiny size, favicons work best as simple images or one-to-three characters of text.

smilekraft

A favicon, also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, tab icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is a file containing one or more small icons associated with a particular website or web page

PoojaaNarula

Favicons are icons that visually represent a website and/or brand. They 're the small images (usually 16x16 pixels) you see next to page titles in Google's mobile search results as well as browser tabs, bookmarks and history.

rahul verma

A favicon, also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, tab icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is a file containing one or more small icons associated with a particular website or web page.

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